Find Someone Who...

Beginner (A1) 25 minutes
ESL Favourites Activity preview for Beginner A1. Students write about their favourite things and ask and answer questions to find classmates with the same favourites.

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In this free favourites 'Find Someone Who' activity, students write about their favourite things and then ask and answer questions to find classmates who have the same favourites. Students begin...

ESL Favourites Activity - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, Controlled and Freer Practice In this free favourites 'Find Someone Who' activity, students write about their favourite things and then ask and answer questions to find classmates who have the same favourites. Students begin by writing down their favourite things on the worksheet. Students then go around the class asking and answering 'What's your favourite...' questions to find classmates with the same answers. When students find someone with the same answer, they write that person's name in the last column on the worksheet and move on to speak to someone else. This process continues until the students have completed the worksheet with different names. At the end of the activity, students tell the class the names they wrote on their worksheet and what their favourite things are.
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Food Likes and Dislikes

Beginner (A1) 25 minutes
ESL Likes and Dislikes Worksheet preview for Beginner A1. Students learn and practice talking about food and drink using love, like, dislike and hate.

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In this comprehensive likes and dislikes worksheet, students learn and practice talking about food and drink using love, like, dislike and hate. Students begin by...

ESL Likes and Dislikes Worksheet - Vocabulary, Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, Categorising, Answering Questions, Writing Sentences - Speaking Activity - Pair Work In this comprehensive likes and dislikes worksheet, students learn and practice talking about food and drink using love, like, dislike and hate. Students begin by matching the verbs 'love', 'like', 'dislike' and 'hate' with pictures. Students then sort ten food and drink items according to their likes and dislikes. Next, in pairs, students take turns asking and answering 'Do you like...?' questions about the ten food and drink items. After that, students read about food and drink that four people love, like, dislike or hate. Finally, students answer questions about the four people's feelings towards the food and drink.
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My Favourites

Beginner (A1) 25 minutes
ESL Favourites Activity preview for Beginner A1. Students complete sentences about their favourite things and ask questions to a partner to find out about their favourites.

ESL Favourites Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work

In this useful favourites speaking activity, students complete sentences about their favourite things and then ask questions to a partner to find out about their favourites. First, students complete...

ESL Favourites Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, Controlled and Freer Practice - Pair Work In this useful favourites speaking activity, students complete sentences about their favourite things and then ask questions to a partner to find out about their favourites. First, students complete sentences about their favourite things in the first column. Next, in pairs, students take turns asking and answering 'What's your favourite...?' questions to find out about their partner's favourite things, writing their answers in the last column. Finally, students tell the class about their own favourites and their partner's favourites by reading their completed sentences aloud.
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Let Me Guess

Elementary (A1-A2) 25 minutes
ESL Likes and Dislikes Game preview for Elementary A1-A2. Students practice expressing likes and dislikes in positive and negative statements and asking Do you like...? questions.

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Grammar and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Guessing, Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work

This engaging likes and dislikes guessing game helps students practice expressing likes and dislikes in positive and negative statements and asking 'Do you like...?' questions. First, students...

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Grammar and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Guessing, Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts - Pair Work This engaging likes and dislikes guessing game helps students practice expressing likes and dislikes in positive and negative statements and asking 'Do you like...?' questions. First, students read each statement and write 'I like' or 'I don't like' in the column marked 'Me' based on their own feelings, e.g. 'I like speaking English.' Next, in pairs, students guess their partner's likes and dislikes for the same statements by writing 'He/She likes' or He/She doesn't like' in the 'My partner' column, e.g. 'He likes speaking English.' Students then take turns finding out if their guesses are right or wrong by asking 'Do you like...?' questions to their partner, e.g. 'Do you like speaking English?' Their partner then gives their answer. If the student guessed correctly, they put a tick in the last column. If not, the student puts a cross. The student with the most correct guesses wins.
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Match my Answer

Elementary (A1-A2) 25 minutes
ESL Favourites Game preview for Elementary A1-A2. Students ask and answer questions about their favourite things and score points for matching answers.

ESL Favourites Game - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice - Pair Work

In this enjoyable expressing favourites game, students ask and answer questions about their favourite things and score points for matching answers. First, students answer questions about their favourite things...

ESL Favourites Game - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice - Pair Work In this enjoyable expressing favourites game, students ask and answer questions about their favourite things and score points for matching answers. First, students answer questions about their favourite things and write down their answers. Next, in pairs, one student goes first and asks the same questions to their partner, e.g. 'What's your favourite item of clothing?' Their partner responds by making a complete sentence, e.g. 'My favourite item of clothing is my blue T-shirt.' The student then notes down their partner's answers. Each time their partner gives a matching answer, the student puts a tick and scores a point. When all the questions have been asked, the two students swap roles. After that, students pair up with a new partner and repeat the activity. When the students have finished, they add up their points. The student with the highest score wins. Afterwards, students tell the class who they have the most matching favourites with.
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My Favourite Person

Elementary (A1-A2) 25 minutes
ESL Favourite Person Worksheet preview for Elementary A1-A2. Students draw and write about their favourite person, name, personality, and why they like them.

ESL Favourite Person Worksheet - Drawing and Writing Activity: Gap-fill, Sentence Completion

In this rewarding favourites worksheet, students draw and write about their favourite person. Students begin by drawing a picture of their favourite person in a box. Students then complete sentences...

ESL Favourite Person Worksheet - Drawing and Writing Activity: Gap-fill, Sentence Completion In this rewarding favourites worksheet, students draw and write about their favourite person. Students begin by drawing a picture of their favourite person in a box. Students then complete sentences about the person's name and personality or character, e.g. 'She is kind, funny, nice and friendly.' Students then move on to write sentences about why they like the person and what the person does that they appreciate, e.g. 'I like it when she tells jokes and plays games with me.' Finally, students take turns showing their drawings to the class and reading their sentences aloud.
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Like it or Leave it

Pre-intermediate (A2) 35 minutes
ESL Do You Like Activity preview for Pre-intermediate A2. Students ask Do you like...? questions and reply with degrees of feeling.

ESL Do You Like Activity - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Writing Sentences - Pair Work

In this free likes and dislikes speaking activity, students ask 'Do you like...?' questions and reply with degrees of feeling. First, in pairs, students take turns asking 'Do you like...?' questions to their partner...

ESL Do You Like Activity - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions from Prompts, Writing Sentences - Pair Work In this free likes and dislikes speaking activity, students ask 'Do you like...?' questions and reply with degrees of feeling. First, in pairs, students take turns asking 'Do you like...?' questions to their partner, who replies using one of eight phrases to express their degree of feeling. The student then writes their partner's answer in sentence form using the third-person singular, e.g. 'Harry really likes swimming.' After that, students pair up with someone with the same A or B worksheet and tell their partner the name of the person they interviewed. The two students then take turns asking and answering questions about their previous partner using the third-person singular, e.g. 'Does Harry like swimming?' 'Yes, he really likes swimming.' Finally, students report back to the class on their original partner's likes and dislikes.
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Likes and Dislikes Survey

Pre-intermediate (A2) 35 minutes
ESL Likes and Dislikes Activity preview for Pre-intermediate A2. Students conduct a class survey about feelings towards different things and write a report.

ESL Likes and Dislikes Activity - Speaking: Sentence Completion, Asking and Answering Questions, Writing Sentences, Controlled and Freer Practice

In this insightful likes and dislikes speaking activity, students conduct a class survey about their feelings towards different things. First, students complete...

ESL Likes and Dislikes Activity - Speaking: Sentence Completion, Asking and Answering Questions, Writing Sentences, Controlled and Freer Practice In this insightful likes and dislikes speaking activity, students conduct a class survey about their feelings towards different things. First, students complete 12 statements with their likes and dislikes. Students then go around the class asking their classmates 'What do you think of...?' questions, e.g. 'What do you think of Italian food?' If a classmate replies with the same word or phrase that the student wrote in their statement (e.g. really like), the student writes the person's name in the 'Same answer' column on the worksheet. If not, the student writes the classmate's name and opinion in the 'Different answer' column. The two students then move on and find new partners. This process continues until the students have completed the worksheet with different names and information. Next, students write a short report about their findings, e.g. 'Sophia and I really like Italian food. I think pop music is really good, but Ryan thinks it's terrible, etc.' Finally, students read their reports to the class.
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Was it you?

Pre-intermediate (A2) 30 minutes
ESL Likes and Dislikes Game preview for Pre-intermediate A2. Students guess favourites, likes and dislikes of other students and use past simple yes/no questions to check their answers.

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Writing and Speaking: Writing Sentences, Asking and Answering Questions - Group Work

In this productive likes and dislikes game, students guess favourites, likes and dislikes of other students and use past simple yes/no questions to check their answers. In groups, students complete two...

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Writing and Speaking: Writing Sentences, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Group Work In this productive likes and dislikes game, students guess favourites, likes and dislikes of other students and use past simple yes/no questions to check their answers. In groups, students complete two slips of paper. On the first slip, students write their favourite word. On the second slip, students write a sentence about something they love, really like, dislike or hate. Students then give the slips of paper to a group leader. Next, students write the names of their group members on a worksheet. The group leader then reads the favourite words and sentences to the group members, and everyone writes down who they think wrote each one. After that, students go around their group asking 'Did you...?' questions to check their guesses for the favourite words. Students reply 'Yes, I did' or 'No, I didn't' accordingly. For each 'yes' response, students score one point. Next, students go around the group again asking a 'Was it you...?' question to each group member to check their guesses for the sentences. Students reply 'Yes, it was' or 'No, it wasn't.' The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.
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Broken Sentences

Intermediate (B1) 20 minutes
ESL Likes and Dislikes Game preview for Intermediate B1. Students match sentence halves to practice phrases that express likes and dislikes.

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Vocabulary and Grammar: Matching - Pair Work

In this handy likes and dislikes game, students match sentence halves together to practice various phrases that express likes and dislikes. In pairs, students have ten minutes to match sentence halves together to form 20 sentences that express likes...

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Vocabulary and Grammar: Matching - Pair Work In this handy likes and dislikes game, students match sentence halves together to practice various phrases that express likes and dislikes. In pairs, students have ten minutes to match sentence halves together to form 20 sentences that express likes and dislikes. Pairs score one point for each correct sentence. The pair with the highest score at the end of the game is the winner.
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Cupid's Dating Agency

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Likes and Dislikes Activity preview for Intermediate B1. Students create dating profiles and match people together by likes and dislikes.

ESL Likes and Dislikes Activity - Speaking: Gap-fill, Guided Discussion, Matching, Communicative Practice - Pair and Group Work

In this light-hearted likes and dislikes activity, students create dating profiles and then match people together according to their likes and dislikes. First, in pairs...

ESL Likes and Dislikes Activity - Speaking: Gap-fill, Guided Discussion, Matching, Communicative Practice - Pair and Group Work In this light-hearted likes and dislikes activity, students create dating profiles and then match people together according to their likes and dislikes. First, in pairs, students complete each male or female profile with information about that person's likes and dislikes. Each pair then joins up with another pair, who has an opposite set of cards. Next, students imagine that they run a dating agency called Cupid's. Their task is to match the clients on the cards together for a date based on their likes and dislikes. Pairs then take turns reading each profile to the other pair. The group discusses the profiles and matches the people together based on their likes and dislikes. Students should try to pair up all the men and women if possible and think of reasons for their choices. Afterwards, each group tells the class about their most promising dates.
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Do you like...?

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Do You Like Activity preview for Intermediate B1. Students practice expressing likes and dislikes by asking, answering, and writing about Do you like...? questions.

ESL Do You Like Activity - Speaking and Writing: Asking and Answering Questions, Writing Sentences, Freer Practice - Pair Work

This useful 'Do you like...?' questions activity helps students practice various phrases for expressing likes and dislikes. First, in pairs, students take turns...

ESL Do You Like Activity - Speaking and Writing: Asking and Answering Questions, Writing Sentences, Freer Practice - Pair Work This useful 'Do you like...?' questions activity helps students practice various phrases for expressing likes and dislikes. First, in pairs, students take turns asking 'Do you like...?' questions from prompts to their partner, who responds using a phrase to express likes or dislikes. Students also ask follow-up questions and make notes on their partner's answers. Afterwards, students read their notes and write a short text about their partner's likes and dislikes, e.g. 'Kate loves going to the beach and quite likes camping. However, she can't stand doing housework, etc.' Finally, students tell the class about their partner's likes and dislikes by reading their texts.
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I Love Charades

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Likes and Dislikes Game preview for Intermediate B1. Students play Charades by miming and guessing sentences that use different phrases for expressing likes and dislikes.

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Miming, Guessing, Forming Sentences

In this entertaining likes and dislikes game, students play Charades by miming and guessing sentences that use different phrases for expressing likes and dislikes. A player from Team A comes to the front...

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Vocabulary and Speaking: Miming, Guessing, Forming Sentences In this entertaining likes and dislikes game, students play Charades by miming and guessing sentences that use different phrases for expressing likes and dislikes. A player from Team A comes to the front of the class and is given a sentence card, e.g. 'I love learning English.' The player then has one minute to use gestures and actions to mime the sentence to their team. When a team member says a word that is in the sentence, the player writes it on the board. The player also nods their head to indicate yes or no to help direct their team to the right answers. If Team A guesses the complete sentence within one minute, they score two points. If not, the player continues their mime and both teams try to guess the sentence for one point. When the sentence has been guessed, a player from Team B comes to the front of the class, and so on. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
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Likes and Dislikes Board Game

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Likes and Dislikes Board Game preview for Intermediate B1. Students talk about their likes and dislikes for 30 seconds in a board game.

ESL Likes and Dislikes Board Game - Speaking: Impromptu Speech, Communicative Practice - Group Work

In this fun likes and dislikes board game, students talk about their likes and dislikes for 30 seconds. In groups, students take turns rolling the dice and moving their counter along the board. When a student...

ESL Likes and Dislikes Board Game - Speaking: Impromptu Speech, Communicative Practice - Group Work In this fun likes and dislikes board game, students talk about their likes and dislikes for 30 seconds. In groups, students take turns rolling the dice and moving their counter along the board. When a student lands on a square, they talk about the topic on the square for 30 seconds without stopping. If a student can't think of anything to say or stops talking before the 30 seconds are up, they go back two squares. The first student to reach the finish wins the game.
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Stop Bothering Me!

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Expressions of Irritation Activity preview for Intermediate B1. Students answer questions using expressions of irritation and non-irritation.

ESL Expressions of Irritation Activity - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice - Pair Work

In this intriguing dislikes speaking activity, students answer questions using common expressions of irritation and non-irritation. First, in pairs, students take turns asking 'Does it bother you when...?'...

ESL Expressions of Irritation Activity - Speaking: Asking and Answering Questions, Controlled and Freer Practice - Pair Work In this intriguing dislikes speaking activity, students answer questions using common expressions of irritation and non-irritation. First, in pairs, students take turns asking 'Does it bother you when...?' questions to their partner, who replies using an expression of irritation or non-irritation from the worksheet. The student then ticks the corresponding box next to the question and asks follow-up questions to gain more information, e.g. 'What do you usually do when someone...?' This process continues until all the questions have been asked and answered. Afterwards, students report back to the class on their partner's irritations.
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Tell Me What You Think!

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Likes and Dislikes Activity preview for Intermediate B1. Students practice phrases to express likes, dislikes, and indifference in writing and speaking tasks.

ESL Likes and Dislikes Activity - Vocabulary, Writing and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Gap-Fill, Matching, Preparing and Delivering a Dialogue, Freer Practice - Pair Work

In this free likes and likes worksheet, students practice phrases to express likes, dislikes and indifference. First, students complete sentences expressing...

ESL Likes and Dislikes Activity - Vocabulary, Writing and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Gap-Fill, Matching, Preparing and Delivering a Dialogue, Freer Practice - Pair Work In this free likes and likes worksheet, students practice phrases to express likes, dislikes and indifference. First, students complete sentences expressing likes and dislikes. Students then use words from a box to complete phrases expressing indifference. Next, students match questions about likes and dislikes to responses. After that, in pairs, students use the language from the worksheet to create a dialogue expressing their likes, dislikes and indifference. Finally, students present their dialogues to the class.
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Who is it?

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Likes and Dislikes Game preview for Intermediate B1. Students complete descriptions about their likes, dislikes and interests and guess who wrote them.

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Vocabulary and Reading: Sentence Completion, Guessing - Pair Work

In this creative likes and dislikes game, students complete descriptions about their likes, dislikes and interests and then guess who wrote other descriptions. First, students complete sentences...

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Vocabulary and Reading: Sentence Completion, Guessing - Pair Work In this creative likes and dislikes game, students complete descriptions about their likes, dislikes and interests and then guess who wrote other descriptions. First, students complete sentences describing their likes, dislikes and interests using various phrases. Students then write an assigned number at the top of the worksheet without showing anyone. Next, collect in the worksheets and stick them up around the classroom. After that, in pairs, students go around the room reading the numbered descriptions and deciding which student wrote each one. Afterwards, students take turns reading a description to the class, and the pairs say who they think wrote it. The student who actually wrote it then reveals the answer. Pairs score one point for each correct guess. The pair with the most correct guesses wins the game.
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Did you write this?

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Likes and Dislikes Game preview for Upper-intermediate B2. Students practice phrases to express likes and dislikes by completing sentences and finding out who wrote them.

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Speaking: Sentence Completion, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice

In this memorable likes and dislikes game, students practice phrases to express likes and dislikes by completing sentences and finding out who wrote other sentences. In groups, students complete like and...

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Speaking: Sentence Completion, Asking and Answering Questions, Freer Practice In this memorable likes and dislikes game, students practice phrases to express likes and dislikes by completing sentences and finding out who wrote other sentences. In groups, students complete like and dislike phrases on cards with true information. All the students then fold up their cards and put them in a box. Next, students take one sentence card each from the box and go around the class asking yes/no questions to find the person who wrote the sentence. For example, if the card reads 'I'm crazy about travelling and exploring new cultures.' The student would ask 'Are you crazy about travelling and exploring new cultures?' When a student finds the right person, they write their name on the card, keep it and take another one from the box. The student with the most sentences at the end of the game is the winner. Afterwards, students report back to the class on what they found out about their classmates' likes and dislikes.
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Talk for a Minute

Upper-intermediate (B2) 35 minutes
ESL Likes and Dislikes Game preview for Upper-intermediate B2. Students practice talking about their attitudes towards different things in a timed speech game.

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Speaking: Impromptu Speech, Communicative Practice - Group Work

Here is a fun likes and dislikes game to help your students practice talking about their attitudes towards different things. In competing teams of two, students take turns picking up a card and...

ESL Likes and Dislikes Game - Speaking: Impromptu Speech, Communicative Practice - Group Work Here is a fun likes and dislikes game to help your students practice talking about their attitudes towards different things. In competing teams of two, students take turns picking up a card and talking about the like or dislike topic on the card using the corresponding phrase for likes or dislikes. If the student manages to do this without stopping or making a mistake with the phrase, they score a point for their team. If the student stops talking or makes a mistake, a student from the other team challenges the player and continues for the rest of the minute. If the student from the challenging team is successful, they score a point for their team. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
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Using Likes and Dislikes Language

Likes and dislikes language covers the full range of words and phrases a speaker uses to share positive or negative feelings about something, from strong enthusiasm ('I'm crazy about...') to mild indifference ('I don't mind...'). Students who only know 'I like' and 'I don't like' sound flat and repetitive to a native speaker, and they miss the chance to show the degree of feeling that makes conversation natural.

This page covers likes and dislikes across A1 to B2 levels, with 19 resources spanning worksheets, speaking activities, board games, and games, including three free downloads. Learners at A1 and A2 typically start with love, like, dislike, and hate, while B1 and B2 students are expected to use the wider range of expressions shown in the table below.

The table below maps the most common phrases for expressing likes and dislikes from the strongest positive feeling to the strongest negative, with an example for each.

Degree of FeelingExpressionExample
Very strong positive love / be mad about 'I love going to the cinema.'
Strong positive really like / be crazy about 'She's crazy about travelling.'
Moderate positive quite like / enjoy 'He quite likes cooking at the weekend.'
Neutral don't mind 'I don't mind doing housework.'
Moderate negative not keen on / not that into 'She's not keen on horror films.'
Strong negative don't really like / dislike 'I don't really like pop music.'
Very strong negative hate / can't stand / can't bear 'He can't stand doing the dishes.'

When to Use Likes and Dislikes Language

Giving recommendations: When someone asks for your opinion on a film, restaurant, or travel destination, likes and dislikes phrases let you convey exactly how strong your feeling is rather than giving a flat yes or no, for example saying 'I'm really not keen on that restaurant on the high street' instead of just 'I don't like it.'

Breaking the ice with new people: Asking about likes and dislikes is one of the most natural ways to start a conversation with someone unfamiliar, since shared interests give both speakers an easy way to keep talking, for example opening with 'Do you like live music? I'm crazy about it.'

Writing about yourself in English: Personal profiles, dating bios, and job application cover letters all call for likes and dislikes language to make the writer sound like a real person rather than a list of facts, for example writing 'I'm passionate about sustainable travel and quite enjoy cooking Italian food.'

3-Step Framework for Teaching Likes and Dislikes Phrases

1. Anchor the Vocabulary: Before students can express preferences, they need to know what the core words look and feel like. A good starting point sorts the spectrum from love through to hate and connects it to real content. Get students sorting items they actually know, like food and drink, into their personal categories, then immediately put that vocabulary to work in pairs with simple 'Do you like...?' questions. The gap between knowing the words and using them in speech closes very quickly at this stage.

2. Make It Physical: Once students are comfortable with the range of phrases, a miming game adds the kinetic energy that makes vocabulary stick. Teams try to guess complete likes and dislikes sentences from a player's actions, and when a team member says a word that appears in the sentence, the player writes it on the board and nods or shakes their head to steer the team toward the rest. The combination of physical performance and live feedback locks the phrases into memory far better than drills alone.

3. Push for Real Communication: The final stage moves students beyond controlled production into genuine information exchange. Give students a set of statements to complete with their own likes and dislikes, then send them around the class asking 'What do you think of...?' questions. The goal is to find classmates who used exactly the same word or phrase, so students are listening closely and reacting to real answers, not just ticking boxes.

Common Mistakes with Likes and Dislikes Language

Using the infinitive instead of the gerund: Students often follow verbs like 'enjoy', 'can't stand', and 'don't mind' with an infinitive instead of the gerund form the verb requires. Wrong: 'I enjoy to swim in the sea.' Correct: 'I enjoy swimming in the sea.'

Using 'very' to intensify 'like': Students often intensify 'like' with 'very' by direct translation from their first language, not realizing that 'very' cannot modify a verb in English. Wrong: 'I very like swimming.' Correct: 'I really like swimming.'

Common Questions About Teaching Likes and Dislikes Language

What is a useful speaking activity for practicing likes and dislikes?

The free activity Tell Me What You Think! takes students through likes, dislikes, and indifference in one worksheet. Students complete sentences, then use words from a box to complete indifference phrases. In pairs, they use all the language to build a dialogue and present it to the class.

What is a fun board game for practicing likes and dislikes?

The board game Likes and Dislikes Board Game has students talk about a likes or dislikes topic for 30 seconds without stopping. Landing on a square commits a student to speaking immediately, and stopping early means going back two squares. The pressure to keep talking pushes students to reach for a wider range of expressions.

What is an engaging likes and dislikes game?

In the game Did you write this?, students complete like and dislike phrases on cards with true information, then drop them in a box. Each student picks a card and hunts for the person who wrote it by asking yes/no questions, for example 'Are you crazy about travelling?' The student with the most cards at the end wins.

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"The easy and ready-to-go materials have helped me a lot during the last few years. Most of all I like the grammar games that activate my pupils and keep them engaged. My lessons have become way more playful and varied. Additionally, I like the grammar worksheets which I use to consolidate what I have worked on during class. The website is very user-friendly, and I have never had any difficulties finding what I was looking for."

★★★★★

David-Wonbae Lee

Business English Teacher, Canada

"A friend told me about the site, and it's awesome. I have found the Business English resources especially engaging and relevant for my students as the materials help them understand business writing and terms. My teaching experience has also improved from using the games on the site as they allow me to teach in a fun way. The user experience is outstanding. Great job!"

★★★★★

Daniela Garcia

English Teacher, Mexico

"I found Teach-This a long time ago when I started teaching. It's always had great resources. I really appreciate the grammar materials, board games, and group activities. They've saved me lots of time on lesson planning. The materials are easy to use and understand, making my job much simpler. The best thing is that many resources can be downloaded for free. I've used it for around 8 years, and it consistently offers great content."

★★★★★

Thomas Wilson

Primary School Teacher, United Kingdom

"I use the resources from the Games Section as part of my daily 30-minute morning warm-up activities, and I've received rave reviews for using them. The games help me maintain student interest and participation and leave the students feeling happy and awake. I like everything about the site, and customer support is very effective as they respond in time."

★★★★★

Eugenia Fernandez

EFL Teacher, Argentina

"Teach-This is one of the best EFL websites I've found. It's extremely user-friendly, and I always find what I need quickly. I like the design, and the content is fun, engaging and original. I am very thankful for all your work and generosity by making some resources free. I always recommend this website to my fellow teachers. Your work is really helpful, and I value it enormously."

★★★★★

Jakub Havlk

Language School Teacher, Czechia

"I like the grammar-focused resources the most as they save me time. The resources also inspire me. If I see an interesting grammar activity, I often rework it for other grammar rules. I like the fact that I simply pay a flat fee, and I can download whatever I want. Teach-This really is a great timesaver. I know that if I am in need of resources for my students, I can go to Teach-This and find something interesting."

★★★★★

Alice Dimpz

English Teacher, Kenya

"Getting familiar with the site and how to use the resources is not difficult. I found the writing skills resources to be the most valuable as they have enhanced my teaching of this skill. The website is elaborate and full of all types of resources to help me teach English. When I contacted customer support, they were super-fast to deal with my enquiry. So overall, I recommend it."

★★★★★

Ikrram Badaoui

ESL Teacher, Morocco

"I have found the grammar and vocabulary resources the most valuable. They have improved my teaching experience because they are easy to use and well-organized. The materials are very engaging for my students. The website is also very user-friendly. The best thing about Teach-This is that it offers ready-made worksheets for busy teachers, and the content is well-organized and full of information."

★★★★★

Tania Ahmed

High School Teacher, Kurdistan

"I'm really glad I found the Teach-This website. The materials in the General English section have proven to be really helpful and made my classes more engaging. The materials are well-structured and cover a wide range of topics, making it easy to keep my students interested and motivated. Overall, my experience using your resources has been great."

★★★★★

Khawla Orq

EFL Teacher, Yemen

"My first impression of the website was that it was amazing. The games and activities have really improved my teaching. The resources are engaging and relevant to my students' needs, and I find the website easy to use and navigate. Thanks."

★★★★★

Anika Yadav

English Teacher, India

"I would like to thank you for making a fantastic website. I particularly enjoy teaching the functional language materials, which have been very helpful in my classes. The resources have significantly improved my students' communication skills in daily life, so it was rewarding to see them benefit in this way. It feels great to be able to make a difference in my students' lives. Please keep up the good work."

★★★★★

Dr. Elena Petrov

Academic English Coordinator, Spain

"I've been teaching Academic English for over eight years, and Teach-This.com has become my go-to resource for university preparation classes. The academic vocabulary exercises and speaking test preparation activities are exceptionally well-designed for advanced learners. My students particularly appreciate the study skills resources and paragraph writing materials, which have significantly boosted their confidence and exam scores."

★★★★★

Suzanne Coleman

Volunteer English Teacher, England

"I like your resources because they are so interesting and attractive. Your resources help to maintain student interest. Your resources have helped with the planning and preparation of my lessons because I have often been able to find resources focusing on specific topics, grammar or vocabulary. I am particularly grateful for your free resources, which I use at the English Club where I am a volunteer and help to support internationals in the community who are learning English."

★★★★★